Figurative Language

She is as sweet as pie!

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Life is a journey.

• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.

• hyperbole
• personification
• euphemism
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Rose was a swan as she jumped into the pool.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personficiation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The rain wept down the window during the storm.

• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor
• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Myra is as sharp as a tack.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The moon waved goodbye as the sun woke up.

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

George is a walking dictionary. He knows everything!

• euphemism
• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D